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NEW DELHI, INDIA: Indian Navy and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) would jointly organise NAVSIS - an international naval symposium and exhibition on information systems.
The aim of this symposium is to help the Indian Navy analyze why and how the technology can be put to the best use to ensure information flows within the organisation for larger vision of sustained operation through seamless connectivity, thereby maintaining a high level of information assurance and data security.
The participants at this symposium will include senior officials from the Indian Navy, representatives from the core area of information systems from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Defence Research ands Development Organisation, etc. The programme will be held on October 6 and 7.
This seminar will provide an opportunity for the industry and R & D establishments to learn about the challenges and opportunities associated with development of a secured information system for the Indian Navy. It will also provide an ideal networking platform for all the participants.
The navy is already in the process of implementing concepts like net-centric warfare, global information grid in consultation with industry leaders in the field of networking and high-end sensor integration, and many more.
The navy is now seeking to learn from the industry about data warehousing, next generation networks, network security, ERP and encryption technology among other things.
"Our main objective for organising this seminar is to achieve net-centricity through collaborative integration of naval entities and their information assets," said Ashok Kanodia, chairman of CII's defence committee on IT communication.
Chief of naval staff admiral Sureesh Mehta would be the chief guest at the navy-industry networking meet.
The topics covered during the seminar would be next generation networks - network centric operations, open source systems, identity management, access control and surveillance, trends in IT training, green computing, public domain for private use, ERP - the way ahead, enterprise information security, etc.
